- Integrate transportation with land use planning.
- "Fix-it-first" -- invest in maintenance and operation of existing roads and transit.
- Invest in public transportation.
- Build mixed-use development next to transit stations.
- Invest in local street interconnections and bicycle/pedestrian facilities.
- Reduce scattered, sprawling development.
- Invest in "safe routes to school."
- Employer-provided "MetroChek," tax-free transit benefits.
- Showers, lockers and bike parking at work for the bicycle commuters.
- Car-sharing (ZIPCAR) memberships.
- Incentives for car-pooling.
- Purple Line
- Rail to Tyson's Corner with the right design
- "Complete Streets" projects that include on-street bike lanes, and good sidewalks and safe crossings; on-street Zipcar spaces
- Columbia Pike Ride
You can't get through a day in our region without hearing a complaint about traffic. Trying to get to soccer games, to the grocery store on the weekend, out of town to hike and worst of all, daily commutes, take a serious toll. For happy families and a strong economy, we have to improve the current situation -- and we can. There are many ways to reduce the demand on our roads and provide more options for how we move around.
Core Principles:
Creative Solutions:
By investing in transportation options, we create viable alternatives and more room on the roads. Below are several great transportation projects planned in our area: